London:
Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle's true-life story 127 Hours, starring Spiderman actor James Franco, will open this year's London Film Festival on August 28.
The Slumdog Millionaire director and Franco are expected to attend the premiere of the movie.
Boyle, who closed LFF in 2008 with Indian potboiler 'Slumdog Millionaire', said he was "honored" to draw the curtain on the fest for a second time.
The film sees Franco play mountaineer Aron Ralston and follows his true-life attempt to save himself after a falling boulder crushed his arm and trapped him in an isolated canyon in Utah in May 2003.
Over five days, he used a dull knife to amputate the limb and then scaled a 65-foot rock and hike over eight miles, before he was finally rescued by helicopter, the Variety reported.
Boyle has teamed up with Fox Searchlight Pictures, producer Christian Colson and writer Simon Beaufoy for the action drama, which is slated to release on November 5.
The Slumdog Millionaire director and Franco are expected to attend the premiere of the movie.
Boyle, who closed LFF in 2008 with Indian potboiler 'Slumdog Millionaire', said he was "honored" to draw the curtain on the fest for a second time.
The film sees Franco play mountaineer Aron Ralston and follows his true-life attempt to save himself after a falling boulder crushed his arm and trapped him in an isolated canyon in Utah in May 2003.
Over five days, he used a dull knife to amputate the limb and then scaled a 65-foot rock and hike over eight miles, before he was finally rescued by helicopter, the Variety reported.
Boyle has teamed up with Fox Searchlight Pictures, producer Christian Colson and writer Simon Beaufoy for the action drama, which is slated to release on November 5.
